Following three reports of fires and minor property damage, Shenzhen Baihang is recalling around 8,000 Veektomx VT103 power banks sold through Amazon between January and September 2024. Customers should stop using the power banks immediately, dispose of them safely, and contact the company for a free replacement.
It’s a make-or-break year for Anthropic and OpenAI, which are facing more pressure than ever to make more cash than they burn.
The first-of-its-kind rest stop, which includes e-bike battery recharging equipment, was erected in record time thanks to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s request to get it done in time for his first 100 days in office. Workers had to improvise a crane-lift because they didn’t have the right permit, and also deal with a misplaced electrical wire. But in the end, they finished it. (Hopefully future shelters will include bathrooms, though.)
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Nintendo just launched the latest batch of NES classics for Switch Online subscribers, and while the headline title is Pac-Man, you might also want to check out Mendel Palace, which happens to be the first ever game developed by Pokémon studio Game Freak.
iFixit called the MacBook Neo the “most repairable MacBook in 14 years,” and if you’re endeavoring to repair one yourself, you can now get replacement parts from Apple, as spotted by 9to5Mac. These include the Neo’s battery, bottom case, audio board, and even its display which is $307.12 if you don’t return the broken part.
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Nintendo announced that the next entry in its beloved music series will be out this summer, launching on the Switch on July 2nd. Hopefully they bring Beyonce back for the advertising campaign.
Following a new push that kicked off with a daily Candy Crush puzzle game, Yahoo Games is getting Yahoo Solitaire Roadtrip, which has standard solitaire and a “Road Trip” mode where you can tackle different challenges to unlock things like backgrounds and card decks.
Yesterday we found out the price of the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, the real name of a real product that I guess buyers are expected to learn.
jakobsturm:
Great name!
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The cut corners of these Asus, Lenovo, and Acer laptops are glaringly obvious next to the Neo.
